Woman jumps from taxi

A woman was injured after jumping put of a moving taxi in Middletown around 2 a.m. Sunday. Police said the woman, Brittany Tillery, was intoxicated at the time.

According to police, a group of six friends, including Tillery, had called Cummings Taxi Service to pick them up at Hillbilly Heaven bar in Middletown. During the cab ride, Tillery got into an argument with others in the van. She opened the sliding door and jumped out at the intersection of North University Boulevard and Woodlawn Avenue.

The taxi ran over Tillery's leg. She was taken to Atrium Medical Center for treatment. Two of the other passengers ran away without stopping to help, police said. The other passengers refused to identify them.

Tillery's boyfriend, Justin Angel, 26, of Monroe, was arrested on an $8,000 bench warrant out of Middletown Municipal Court.

Jessica Brown

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Woman jumps from taxi

A woman was injured after jumping put of a moving taxi in Middletown around 2 a.m. Sunday. Police said the woman, Brittany Tillery, was intoxicated at the time.